Workers at HelloFresh speak up against anti-union scare tactics and dangerous conditions
United States

Workers at HelloFresh speak up against anti-union scare tactics and dangerous conditions

Workers at the world’s largest meal-kit delivery service are set to vote on unionizing at two US factories

Monica Cruz
November 16, 2021
35,000 US healthcare workers avert strike
Labor

35,000 US healthcare workers avert strike

Workers won their demands just 48 hours before what would have been the largest healthcare strike in decades Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest healthcare providers and hospital networks in the US, reached a tentative agreement with an alliance of unions just two days before a historic strike. The four-year agreement includes pay raises and […]

Monica Cruz
November 15, 2021
35,000 US healthcare workers avert strike
United States

35,000 US healthcare workers avert strike

Workers won their demands just 48 hours before what would have been the largest healthcare strike in decades 

Monica Cruz
November 15, 2021
Amid rising tide of labor actions, Starbucks workers set to vote on unionizing
Labor

Amid rising tide of labor actions, Starbucks workers set to vote on unionizing

Starbucks workers in New York vote for what could be the first union at the company’s corporate-owned stores. Workers in three more stores in upstate New York have filed petitions to hold union elections as well Workers at three Starbucks stores in New York might be the first in the US to vote to unionize […]

Monica Cruz
November 14, 2021
Amid rising tide of labor actions, Starbucks workers set to vote on unionizing
United States

Amid rising tide of labor actions, Starbucks workers set to vote on unionizing

Starbucks workers in New York vote for what could be the first union at the company’s corporate-owned stores. Workers in three more stores in upstate New York have filed petitions to hold union elections as well

Monica Cruz
November 14, 2021
US infrastructure bill
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Biden’s watered down infrastructure plan: What’s in, what’s out and what’s next?

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which was passed by the US Congress is the largest single federally-funded investment in infrastructure in over a decade. However, many of its original proposals were abandoned and a lot hinges on its implementation

Monica Cruz
November 11, 2021
Columbia University student workers begin second largest strike in the US
Labor

Columbia University student workers begin second largest strike in the US

Striking graduate workers rally at Columbia University’s Morningside campus. (Photo: GWC) The strike is part of a recent surge in organizing across the nation’s wealthiest universities 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers are entering their first week on strike demanding fair pay and healthcare benefits. It is the second largest strike in the US right now, […]

Monica Cruz
November 9, 2021
Student workers strike US
United States

Columbia University student workers begin second largest strike in the US

The strike by over 3,000 Columbia graduate student workers is taking place amid a wave of similar actions at some of the richest universities in the United States which have failed to give workers their due

Monica Cruz
November 9, 2021